The Federal Opposition say it's concerned about the Abbott Government's plans to cut regulation of nursing homes. The Government is trialling a pilot project in South Australia which would see aged care homes approved every five years instead of every three. And it wants nursing homes to handle ...

The move to raise the pension age to 70 by the year 2035 is just the first in a raft of radical reforms to the aged pension scheme now being contemplated by the Abbott Government. Economist Dr Mike Rafferty says the Commission of Audit Report cast aged pensioners as welfare cheats despite the fact only ...

Speculation that the retirement age for the pension will rise has economists divided. Some think it's a necessary debate but others believe the ticking timebomb of an ageing population is overhyped. The discussion has also prompted fresh demands that any changes to the pension are also applied ...

The Age Discrimination Commissioner says lifting the pension age won't work until the Federal Government makes sure older Australians can keep working if they want to. The Treasurer Joe Hockey has been hinting at raising the pension age and changing the indexation method, because spending on ...

The Federal Government's pledge of more than $1 billion to top up the wages of aged care workers has been welcomed by aged care workers and the Council on the Ageing. To qualify for the funds, providers will have to pay above minimum award wages and have enterprise bargaining agreements. But one of ...